Improvement in overalls



S. LASKEY. Overalls.

" PafenfedrApril 15, 1879.`

UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

STEPHEN LASKEY, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN OVERALLS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 214,406, dated April 15, 1879; application filed February 4, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, STEPHEN LAsKEv, of Chicago, in the county of' Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Overalls; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a rear elevation of a pair of apron-overalls to which my improvements have been applied, the legs being torn olf. Fig. 2 represents a side elevation of the same, the apron part being unbuttoned and the lower part of the seat, together with the legs, torn oft'. Fig. 8 represents a diagram illustrating the re-en force applied to the seams at the sides of the overalls, where the seams which join the front and rear portions of the overalls terminate. Fig. 4 represents a crossseetion taken through line w .fr of Fig. 3, and Fig.5 a plan view ot' the continuous re-enforce facing of the side seams detached from the garment. Fig. 6 represents a diagram which illustrates the mode of cutting out the shoulder-straps integral with the rear side or half of the garment, and the curve or shape given to them to keep them from slipping oi' the shoulders of the wearer.

My improvements relate more particularly to that class of garments termed apron-overalls.7 These, as at present constructd, are subject to various disasters, as the shoulderstraps, being made of a separate piece of cloth and afterward attached to the garment, are constantly liable to rip loose and become detached from the garment, and also because the side seams, at their upper ends, on putting the garment on and off, are peculiarly liable to rip and become detached the one from the other, once the stitches at the top become broken; and so with the pockets, which, for purposes of economy in this class of goods, are generally made with patch-pockets, and hence exceedingly liable to rip off, unless costly and expensive means are employed to prevent it, and even these do Inot always accomplish the object, and frequently cannot be replaced or repaired by the wearers.

My improvements to remedy these diiiculties consist, first, in forming the shoulderstraps integral with the back 0r front part of the garment; secondly, in re-enforcing the upper end ot' the side seams of the garment where the back and apron-front are joined together by means ot' a continuous piece or side facing, which I make to run from the upper edge of the back waistband down to the joining-seam., thence across the latter and up the front part as far as the junction of the apron with the main body of the front half ofthe garment; thirdly, in a new mode of constructing a patch-pocket, whereby all liability to rip loose is obviated.

I am aware that previous to my present improvement the seam of the fly-opening of pantaloon garments has been re-enforced by a continuous strip of cloth, and therefore do not claim such re-enforcement of a seam, broadly, in this application, nor the method of doing it.

To enable others skilled in the art to make, construct, and use my improvements, I will now describe them in detail.

In the drawings, A represents the rear and B the front halves of the overalls.

By reference to Fig. l it will be seen that instead of cutting the shoulder-straps C in separate pieces from the main body of the garment, I cut them out integral with, and by preference as a continuation of, the rear part of the garment. The mode ot' cutting them out so as to economize cloth, and at the same time give them the proper curve to prevent any tendency to slip oit' the shoulders, is well illustrated in Fig. 6, in which the shoulderstraps are made to conform to the curve of the rear part of the leg of the garment, which I nd gives to it the requisite curve to keep it on the shoulders. The straps thus cut out Ig j prefer to re-enforce with an inner facing,`

other suitable curve, or even with straight sides.

In Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5 is illustrated my iinproved mode of re-entbrcing the terminal joint of the seams which connect the front and rear halves of the garment together to prevent ripping The improvement consists in applying to the upper end of these seams a continuous strip of cloth, D, forming a facing, which runs from the waistband in the rear part of the garment downto the junction ofthe lat-ter with the front part, B, and thence upward with the latter to the point from which the apron part E of the garment springs. This re-enforce piece may consist of a simple rectanguiar facing-stri p, a a 1), Fig. 5, where the main body of the cloth of the rear part of the garment is provided with an overlapping piece, c, cut integral with the cloth; or (and which I prefer) it may be cut in the forni shown in the same figure at a a b 1), in which case the part b is secured to the rear part, A, so as to form a substitute for part c, before referred to as being cut out integral with part A. The part a is then folded over and stitched down to the front and rear portions, as shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4.

Patch-pockets, as usually' made, consist of pieces of cloth ofthe required size and shape, cutsquare across at theiropen ends and stitched to the main body at their sides, so that the strain on the pocket comes directly on the stitching at the upper ends of the side sea-nis, which soon give way and the pocket rips off. This has been attempted to be remedied by the use of rivets at the angles; but to their use there are many objections, chief among which is the fact that they also tear loose, while the rivets and the machine itself for fastening them cannot always be had to repair the damage.

My improvement consists in cutting an elongated opening, d, nearly but not quite across the upper end of the piece of cloth which forms the pocket F, at a point about au inch below that end. This opening d, I usually make from about threc-cighths to half an inch in width, and round it at the ends. Thus eut, the edge is turned over and stitched to give it strength; or (und which I prefer) I rc-enforce theopening byapieee of clothon theinside,and stitch it to the poi-het all around fheopening,

and which can be done in any of the usual ways known to the trade. The pocket F is then arranged on the garment in the required position and stitched thereto in the manner shown by dotted lilies a n, Fig. 1. Dotted lines o o represent the re-euforce piece for the opening d.

It is obvious that the improved patch-pocket F as thus constructed is equally as applicable to coats and vests as to pantaloons or overalls, and can be as easily applied to the one as to the other.

A pocket thus made and applied cannot be ripped oi, it being supported as well from the top as the sides, and has no side seam upon which strain can be brought, as in the old way of making patch-pockets.

Having described 1ny invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A pair of apron-overalls in which the shoulder-straps C are cut integral with the cloth of the main body of the garment, snb stantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a pair of apron-overalls having side openings, K, said openings being reenforced by continuous facing-strips I), substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. A patch pocket, F, in one piece, constructed with an opening, d, and applied to a garment in the manner and for the purpose substantially as described.

4. A pair of apron-overalls provided with shoulder-straps C, cut integral with the cloth of the main body of the garment, and with side seams reenforced bya continuous facingstrip, I), substantially as described.

5. A pair of apron-overalls provided with shoulder-straps C, cut integral with the cloth of the main body of the garment, and with side seams reenforced by a continuous facingstrip, D, and with a patch-pocket constructed with an opening, d, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I atiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

STEPHEN LASKEY.

Witnesses:

RI'Frs S. BIXBY, HENRY W. l. Hov'r. 

